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Iowa Communications Network partners with Omaha internet exchange

1623 Farnam, a networking infrastructure company, has announced the Iowa Communications Network has joined in a strategic collaboration with its Omaha IX internet exchange facility in Omaha. The collaboration hopes to allow ICN to provide higher performance internet to its users throughout Iowa. By participating in Omaha IX, ICN can now work directly with content…
By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025
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State awards over $2 million for therapeutic classrooms

The Iowa Department of Education has awarded over $2 million in competitive grants to eight school districts to establish therapeutic classrooms for students whose emotional or behavioral needs affect their ability to be successful in their learning environment. The school districts receiving grants are the Bondurant-Farrar, Cedar Rapids, Cherokee, Davenport, Durant, Keokuk, Pella and Spencer…
By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025
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UNI announces in-state tuition for bordering states

The University of Northern Iowa announced today it will offer in-state tuition to students from the six states bordering Iowa starting this fall. Through its new Neighboring State Rate initiative, the rate will apply to students from Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The initiative aims to increase access to affordable education and…
By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025
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WDM Chamber announces two staff promotions

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced the promotion of Everett Mullican and Meredith Murphy. Mullican has been promoted to marketing and communications manager and Murphy now serves as director of future workforce. Mullican started with the WDM Chamber as marketing and communications coordinator in 2023. Murphy joined the WDM Chamber as talent…
By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025
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Woodard discusses Iowa DOGE idea to reduce number of counties

In a recent interview, the Business Record sat down with Andrea Woodard, executive director of the Iowa State Association of Counties. Among other topics, we asked her about the Iowa DOGE Task Force’s idea to reduce the number of counties in Iowa. The job of the task force is to improve efficiency in the state….
By Gigi Wood | Jul 7, 2025
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UI Health Care to open clinic in Urbandale

University of Iowa Health Care has announced it will open a new clinic in Urbandale at 2901 N.W. 86th Street on Sept. 8. According to a news release, UI Health Care aims to provide patients living in Central and western Iowa with more convenient access to care by moving some of the adult and pediatric…
By Business Record Staff | Jul 7, 2025
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Six Iowa towns selected for 2025 Iowa Mayors’ Design Workshop

The Iowa State University College of Design will host the second Iowa Mayors’ Design Workshop July 9–10 on Iowa State’s campus. The two-day event will bring together six mayors from across the state to discuss how waterways and trails impact their respective communities and economies. Each mayor will share an environmental or urban planning issue…
By Business Record Staff | Jul 7, 2025
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3D concrete printing poses opportunities for construction, design industries

It’s messy. It’s not glamorous. And it’s not easy. 3D concrete printing is happening in Iowa and could become a revolutionary technology for the construction industry in the next 10 years. One hub of research and practice is at Iowa State University. Since about 2022, the university has worked to develop 3D printing research and…
By Lisa Rossi | Jul 4, 2025